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DECEMBER 1974 - TUESDAY 3
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER - 337TH DAY - 28 DAYS TO COME

Called Felicia. Made date to go there Thurs. to pick up JURISPRUDENCE.

She tried to call Bob Johnson at Hallmark about something. His secretary said that he was on vacation for two weeks. He had previously promised Felicia that he would see her the week of 12/9 and give her the good news.

She saw a nice ad for YOU RSECRET SELF and the other "games" of that series on the Hallmark "Hall of Fame."

There is a safety problem with RACE SLALOM 1 DOWNHILL 2. She will be called Bob Gellman getting together with them to see if it can be saved.

Called Bob Gellman to see if I could go there Thurs. to look at his changed in WEEKEND IN VEGAS. He'll probably be out of town. But if his plans change he'll call me.

Wrote to Haar Hoolim. Mentioned STACK UP, BITS BITS BITS, MATTIX, Q-SETS, and SPELLBOUND, GAMBLER'S NIM, SPY, SIX PACK OF PAPER AND PENCIL GAMES, Ralph Anspach, ANTI-MONOPOLY, 3D CHESS, TOPOLOGIK, SPECTRUM, CONTACTIC.

(cont. from 12/4) [12/4]

of the Author and the Publisher." (This is the 2nd copy of the book.)

Wrote to Graeme Levin. Mentioned "Hotel Seville" but invited him to stay here; PLAYTHINGS, telephone directories; AGOG, STRATEGY, KINGMAKER, LOGICA.

Started letter to Walter Luc Haas. Prepared an envelope with rules of DELPHI, PSYCHE-PATHS, and BUGS & LOOOPS to mail tomorrow.

To Bloomingdale's

(cont. from 12/5) [12/5]

the field they cannot place a marble. First to get 5 in a row wins. (Fairly complete idea - but there can be some inaccuracies.)

[illegible strikeout] THE BIG BOARD © Croita 1974, box 45, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850. In the center of the board are 8 tracks for 8 stocks. There are about 10 spaces in each track - BUST - 5 - 10 - up to 100. Above this is a space for "real Value" of each. Around the edges is a path with space groups of continuous spaces color coded to the stocks. One space has the company symbol. Between the color groups are other spaces. There are 8 "Real Value" spaces cards with the following values: Bust, 10, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250. These are shuffled and placed face down on the board, setting a

(cont. on 12/2)